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• Directory:Allbritton Communications/Politico/Poker Players Put Chips on Entertainment Value
  When it comes to winning on Capitol Hill, [[Keyword:=poker]]'s got nothing on [[Keyword:=horse racing]]. ...ying aren't as important to the horse racing industry's success on Capitol Hill as its longstanding ties with politicians from horse racing and agricultura
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• Directory:North Carolina
  ...completed in 1794 and was destroyed by fire on June 21, 1831. The present capitol building was completed in 1840. ...ght Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawks now commemorates their
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• Directory:Utah
  * Utah has five national parks: Arches, Canyonlands, Zion, Bryce and Capitol Reef. * Capitol Reef National Park protects The Waterpocket Fold a 100-mile long wrinkle in
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• Directory:Rachel Marsden
  She speaks on Capitol Hill and elsewhere on topics such as national and international politics; the im
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• Directory:Montana
  ...en were hired to operate them. The Butte Hill became known as "the Richest Hill on Earth." Butte Hill was called the Richest Hill on Earth during the 1880s. Gold, silver, and eventually copper have been mi
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• Directory:Nebraska
  * In Blue Hill, Nebraska, no female wearing a 'hat that would scare a timid person' can be * The cost of the Nebraska Capitol building was $ 9,800,440.07 in 1932. The construction job came in under bud
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• Directory:New Hampshire
  ...o fight the British. New Hampshire's participation in the Battle of Bunker Hill at which nearly all the troops doing the actual fighting were said to have * Cornish Hill Pottery Company handcrafts functional stoneware decorated in the traditions
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• Directory:Nevada
  ...sino "The Flamingo" for the long legs of his showgirl sweetheart, Virginia Hill. * Construction of the Nevada State Capitol located in Carson City was proposed on April 14, 1870. Carson City is one o
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• Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
  ...ohn Frankenheimer]], [[William Friedkin]], [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]], [[Tom Holland (director)|Tom Holland]], [[Tobe Hooper]], [[Mary Lambert ...ary Little Christmas'', was released by The Right Stuff, a subsidiary of [[Capitol Records]]. Most of the songs are spoofs of holiday standards performed by t
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• Directory:Warren G. Harding
  ...ow of Blooming Grove: Warren G. Harding and His Times | publisher = McGraw-Hill | location = New York | year = 1968 | page = 39-40, 403-405 | isbn = 007054 ...of the [[White House]] pending a [[state funeral]] at the [[United States Capitol]]. [[White House]] employees at the time were quoted as saying that the nig
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• Directory:John Quincy Adams
  ...rn]] that marks the site from which Adams witnessed the [[Battle of Bunker Hill]] as a seven-year-old boy. He first learned of the Declaration of Independe ...ldren at his side in the Speaker's Room inside the [[United States Capitol|Capitol Building]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] His last words were reported to have bee
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• Directory:North Dakota
  ...r labor and opened for business in 1965. Paul called it his Acropolis on a hill. ...te stands at the entrance to the North Dakota Heritage Center on the state capitol grounds in Bismarck. The statue, by Chicago artist Leonard Crunelle, depict
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• Directory:Jon Faddis
  He burst upon the scene as a high school student at Pleasant Hill High School in [[Concord, California]]. As the lead trumpet player in thei * ''I'll Keep on Lovin' You'' (Capitol, 1982)
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• Directory:Grover Cleveland
  | lieutenant3= [[David B. Hill]] | successor3= David B. Hill
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• Directory:James K. Polk
  | alma_mater=[[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]] ...pg|thumb|150px|right|James K. Polk's tomb lies on the grounds of the state capitol in Nashville, Tennessee.]]
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• Directory:Alabama
  * In 1902 Dr. Luther Leonidas Hill performed the first open heart surgery in the Western Hemisphere by suturin ...labama Historical Commission offers a virtual historical tour of the state capitol in Montgomery as well as brief information on other historic sites and pres
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• Directory:Gerald Ford
  ..., he went to Navy Preflight School in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], [[North Carolina]], where he was one of 83 instructors and taught elemen ...da.JPEG|thumb|left|Ford is honored during a memorial service in the U.S. [[Capitol Rotunda]] in Washington, D.C. on [[December 30]], [[2006]].]]
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• Directory:Lyndon B. Johnson
  ...ict]] to represent [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]] and the surrounding Hill Country. He ran on a [[New Deal]] platform and was effectively aided by his ...tate [[Dean Rusk]] [[eulogy|eulogized]] him at the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]].
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• Directory:Ulysses S. Grant
  ...t the campaign. This supply train was a target of Pemberton until Champion Hill.</ref> Operating in enemy territory, Grant moved swiftly, never giving the ...the Vicksburg garrison, Grant turned west and won the [[Battle of Champion Hill]]. The Confederates retreated inside their fortifications at Vicksburg, and
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• Directory:Herbert Hoover
  ...n Hill]], NSW [[Australia]]. There was considerable [[zinc]] in the Broken Hill lead-silver ore, but it could not be recovered and was lost to the tailings ...have [[Lying in state|lain in state or honor]]<br />in the [[United States Capitol rotunda]]|years=October 23, 1964 &ndash; October 25, 1964}}
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